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New Workshop Helps Young Writers Enhance Skills

Lutz has since discovered a passion for creative writing and hopes to eventually become a teacher. She shared her thoughts with 21 high school juniors and seniors at the NWU Young Writers Workshop held November 13.

November 20, 2012

Clay Johnson

Author, Developer to Discuss Information Consumption Diet; Watch Live

Clay Johnson, best known as the co-founder of the firm that built and managed Barack Obama’s online campaign for presidency in 2008, will speak at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

November 15, 2012

Rita Lester

Religion Professor Named “Nebraska Professor of the Year”

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Lester the 2012 Nebraska Professor of the Year.

November 15, 2012

Brooke Schipporeit

NWU Senior Wins National Social Work Scholarship

A Nebraska Wesleyan social work student has been awarded a national scholarship honoring her service, scholarship and leadership in her academic field.

November 14, 2012

Students in Dr. Droogsma's liberal arts seminar

Hunger Games: Class Takes Firsthand Look at Local Poverty Issues

First year students in Rachel Droogsma’s Liberal Arts Seminar, “The Hunger Games,” are not taking just any introductory college course.

November 6, 2012

Boundary Waters

Wilderness Class Impacts Students Academically ... and Psychologically?

For the past five years, dozens of new Nebraska Wesleyan students have begun their collegiate careers by climbing in a university van and driving 700 miles to northeastern Minnesota.

November 2, 2012

Ken Keith

Former NWU Professor Returns to Talk "Psychology, Liberal Arts, and the 21st Century"; Watch Lecture

Former Nebraska Wesleyan University psychology professor Ken Keith returned to campus on November 8 to deliver the annual Clifford Fawl Lecture Series.

November 1, 2012

NWU Provost Judy Muyskens welcomes the crowd

Alumni Celebrate Newly Renovated Johnson Hall

Generations of Johnson Hall residents — along with friends, family, current students and NWU employees — gathered in front of the 66-year-old all-female residence hall on October 20 to reflect on the many memories that have touched their lives.

October 29, 2012

Dr. Linda Hardy

Linda Hardy Named New Director of Nursing Program

Hardy has taught at Nebraska Wesleyan since 2004. She earned both her BSN and MSN at Nebraska Wesleyan and her Ph.D in nursing education from the University of Northern Colorado.

October 29, 2012

Dave Whitt

NWU Communication Professor is First American to Judge Croatian Film Festival

Nebraska Wesleyan’s Communication Studies Department likes to refer to its students and faculty as “Communication Superheroes.” Dave Whitt, Associate Professor of Communication, is no exception.

October 29, 2012

Cody Arenz

Biology Professor Researching Biodiversity in England

Cody Arenz, Associate Professor of Biology, is on sabbatical for a year in Devon, England.

October 24, 2012

National Players to Bring “Animal Farm” to NWU Stage For One Show

America’s longest running touring company, National Players, will make a stop at Nebraska Wesleyan University to perform “Animal Farm.”

October 23, 2012